Handing and Taking Over Ceremony of
Basic Health Unit Bagh Takes Place
at ERRA HQs

Islamabad: 28th May, 2010: Handing and taking over
ceremony of Basic Health Unit, Bagh
took place at ERRA Headquarters
today. The honorable Ambassador of
Italy, H.E. Vincenzo Prati, formally
handed over the facility to ERRA
which is built by ISCOS. Guests from
Italian Cooperation, SERRA, DRU
(Bagh) and Health Department (EDO
Bagh) AJ&K were also present at the
occasion.
The facility worth Rs 40 million
consists of service block and a
residential block, including
pharmacy room, labour room, and a
female ward. The well-equipped
centre is going to effectively
provide modern health facility to
people of Bagh, specifically women.
Italy has been an active partner of
ERRA during relief and
reconstruction and at the moment, 17
projects including reconstruction of
health, education and livelihoods
worth $ 16.28 million are being
reconstructed in collaboration with
Government of Italy. Speaking at the
occasion, Deputy Chairman ERRA, Lt
Gen Muhammad Haroon Aslam, thanked
Government of Italy for standing by
Pakistan in times of need and said
ERRA has been an example for the
world and our performance during
relief and rescue has been rated as
best in the world. He also said that
international partners like World
Bank have rated ERRA’s performance
as ‘highly satisfactory’ which
speaks of our commitment and
transparency.
Speaking at the occasion, the
Ambassador of Italy, H.E. Vincenzo
Prati said that partnership with
ERRA was an old one for which we
have been proud and thanked ERRA for
providing good and friendly
atmosphere and guidance due to which
projects funded by Italy have been
successfully implemented. He said
ERRA did a marvellous job to rebuild
societies and Italy will be happy
for a broader involvement in future
to contribute towards rebuilding of
the affected areas.